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Death Takes a Halliwell
[Scene: At a beach. Prue and Phoebe are there. Prue is taking photos. Phoebe is building a sand castle.]
Phoebe: I hereby proclaim this tower of sand Kingdom Phoebeville! Yay!
(The waves splash on Prue. Phoebe laughs.)
Prue: You know, I don't get it.
(Prue walks off. Phoebe catches up with her.)
Phoebe: Wait, what don't you get?
Prue: That you just spent an hour of your life building something that is just gonna be completely, completely destroyed and disappear in about, oh, five seconds flat.
Phoebe: Ahh, but Phoebeville will live forever in the hearts of the villagers who came to love it.
Prue: Mm-hmm.
Phoebe: What's with the ba-hum castle attitude there?
Prue: What?
Phoebe: The whole point of today was to relax and have fun.
Prue: See, and I thought the point was to give Piper and Leo some alone married people time since they decided to wait on their honeymoon.
Phoebe: Okay. So you're sure nothing's wrong?
Prue: You know, the beach isn't exactly my idea of a good time.
Phoebe: Prue, how is that possible?
Prue: Okay, well, you're too young to remember, but this is where Grams brought us after Mum's funeral to try and cheer us up.
Phoebe: Oh, wow.
Prue: Yeah. You know, but I know that you love the beach and I didn't wanna ruin it for you, but something about the sand and the ocean, it makes me feel angry.
Phoebe: Why does it make you angry?
Prue: Doesn't Mom's death make you angry?
Phoebe: It makes me sad.
Prue: Well, I don't really do sad all that well, you know. I didn't even cry at her funeral.
Phoebe: So seeing Mom at Piper's wedding and now the beach….
Prue: Yeah. So I'm sorry if I've been a little cranky.
Phoebe: Say no more. (yelling) Princess Prue has spoken! By the orders of the Queen. That's me.
Prue: Ooh, I got that part.
Phoebe: Phoebeville, and all of its glory, will be abandoned, for greener pastures, and two lattes.
Prue: Oh, all hail the Queen.
Phoebe: Yay, I love to be hailed.
(A woman is standing nearby taking photos of Prue. Prue sees her and sees a black shadow floating beside her. She takes a photo of it.)
Prue: Hey! (The woman runs off.) No, no, no, wait!
Phoebe: You okay?
Prue: Oh, there was this woman, and there was a shadow next to her. It had to be demonic.
Phoebe: A shadow? Like, what do you mean? Like a Woogy?
Prue: No, spookier, way spookier. I think I got pictures though.
Phoebe: So much for the lattes. Looks like there's a new demon in town.
[Scene: Cole's old apartment. Two demons and a landlady are there. One demon floats across the room.]
Landlady: So, you're new in town?
Demon #1: Yes.
Landlady: And-and you would both be living here?
Demon #1: Sure, yes, that's right.
(The other demon floats across the room again but the landlady doesn't notice.)
Landlady: Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm fine with the whole alternative lifestyle thing. I just don't like loud. Well, you understand.
Demon #1: Don't like loud. Got it.
Landlady: Like the last tenant, Mr. Turner, he was a little strange. And then, of course. he disappeared without a trace. But he was nice and quiet. So I liked him fine.
(Demon #2 opens Cole's altar.)
Demon #1: Without a trace. Is that so?
Demon #2: There's demonic residue all over this altar. It's his. I can sense it.
Landlady: There's... what? What did you say?
Demon #1: Surely you knew something strange had happened here. It's your responsibility to divulge such things to respective tenants.
Landlady: Now, listen, I don't know anything-
Demon #1: And the fact that you failed to show us the altar makes us wonder... (He floats towards her.) … what else about Cole Turner you might be hiding in that tiny human brain of yours.
(The landlady starts crying.)
Landlady: Wait. I don't underst-
Demon #1: Shh! Don't try to talk. Your brain stem will do the talking for you. (Demon #2 bites into the landlady's neck like a vampire. She screams. She falls to the ground. Demon #2 wipes the blood off of his mouth with a handkerchief.) Is Belthazor alive?
Demon #2: She didn't know. But she knew someone who might.
Opening Credits
[Scene: Manor. Foyer. Piper and Leo are there. Piper's looking in the mirror.]
Piper: Shouldn't I be wearing white or something? I mean, it is a Whitelighter reception and all.
Leo: Piper, what you have on is perfect. You're beautiful. All my friends are gonna love you. If we can ever get there.
Piper: Fine, um, but I still don't understand why my sisters couldn't come. I mean, we could just do a group hug thing and-
(Phoebe comes down the stairs holding the Book of Shadows.)
Leo: Look, I can orb you because you're my wife, but I'm not a cosmic taxi for the whole family.
(Phoebe laughs)
Phoebe: You said wife.
Piper: Alright. I'm as ready as I'm ever gonna be.
Phoebe: Wait, what about Prue's demon-looking shadowy thingy?
Leo: Well, I promise we'll be in calling distance if any demon-looking shadowy thingy attacks.
Phoebe: Alright, you two, have fun. Bring me back a cloud.
(Piper and Leo cuddle up and orb out. Prue walks in carrying some photos.)
Prue: Pheebs? I have to get to Morris, see if he can track down this woman.
Phoebe: Why? What did you find?
Prue: Nothing, that's the problem. The shadow didn't show up in any of the pictures.
Phoebe: Really? That's weird.
(Phoebe puts the book down.)
Prue: Anything in the book?
(The doorbell rings.)
Phoebe: No, nothing. (Prue heads towards the door.) I didn't really have a lot to go on though.
(Prue opens the door and there stands Reese Davidson.)
Prue: Inspector, how can I help you?
Reese: You can tell me where to find Cole Turner. I know he's alive, and I know he's in town.
Prue: Really?
Reese: Yeah, really. You wanna know how? Because his former landlady was found brutally murdered at his address.
Prue: Mrs. Owens. That's awful.
Reese: Awful like you can't imagine.
Prue: Uh, Cole didn't do this. The Cole Turner I know….
Reese: The Cole Turner you know. See now, that just doesn't sound like the words of a woman who claims her boyfriend up and left her without a word four months ago.
Prue: I know what you're thinking, and I know... what this looks like, and I am so sorry for what happened to-
Reese: You're sorry? Her eyes were frozen open in terror, her skull was punctured in two places, and by the time the police got there, most of her brain had spilled out onto the floor. Be sick, be horrified, but don't stand there lying to me and say you're sorry.
Phoebe: Alright, wait a second. You're talking to her like she did it.
Reese: If she's lying to protect Turner, then she might as well had. Now, for the last time. Where is he? (Silence) I'm gonna find him, Miss Halliwell, and then I'm gonna bust his ass, and then, I'm gonna bust yours.
(He leaves. Phoebe walks over to Prue.)
Phoebe: You okay?
Prue: He didn't do it, Phoebe. I know he didn't do it.
Phoebe: Yeah, well, it's not me you have to convince.
(Prue looks outside and sees the lady at the beach talking to Reese.)
Prue: Oh my god. That's her, the woman from the beach. (A dark shadow floats behind the woman.) Alright, look, do you see it?
Phoebe: No. All I see is Inspector Davidson and the woman. What does this mean? Is he having her follow us?
Prue: I'm more concerned about what's following her. I-I don't understand why you can't see it.
Phoebe: It doesn't matter, Prue, you can. (Reese and the woman get in a car.) Do you think this has anything to do with the landlady's death?
Prue: Well, it would be a pretty big coincidence if it didn't. (The car drives off.) Alright, I'm gonna follow her to protect her from it. If I'm the only one who can see it that must mean I'm meant to fight it.
Phoebe: Alright, but the way the Inspector was describing the murder….
Prue: I know. I'll be careful. I'll find Cole afterwards, tell him what happened and see if he knows anything about this shadow thing. 'Kay? Alright, bye.
(Prue leaves.)
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[Scene: Prue in her car. She pulls up behind Reece's car.]
[Cut inside the car. The woman is looking through photos she took.]
Woman: I don't see anything remotely suspicious. Unless you consider hot pink pedicures impressive.
Reese: I'm not sure what I think.
Woman: You really think these women are murderers?
Reese: You just keep doing what you're doing.
Woman: No, see there's something you're not telling me. Look, I know I'm a rookie and all, but I think I have a right to know what I'm looking for here.
Reese: Look, Andrea. I've seen things on this case that aren't right. That…. Look, I don't know what I'm looking for, but until I do, I want you to keep your distance and just keep following Prue Halliwell.
Andrea: So why don't you at least take the night off? Get some sleep, for Pete's sake.
Reese: No, no, no, I can't, nu-uh. Not till this is over. I tell you what. You dump those photos off on my desk and go home. You can pick them up again tomorrow.
Andrea: Reese….
Reese: That's an order.
(Andrea takes off her seat belt.)
Andrea: Have a good night.
Reese: Goodbye. You too.
(Andrea gets out of the car and Prue follows.)
[Cut to Reese's office. Andrea walks in. A seeker is there. She gets a fright.]
Andrea: Oh, my god. Oh, you startled me. Uh, are you waiting for Inspector Davidson?
Seeker #1: Are you expecting him?
Andrea: Uh, not tonight. He's in the field.
Seeker #1: Where?
(Seeker #2 floats to the ground from the roof behind Andrea.)
Andrea: I'm sorry. (She sees Seeker #2.) I don't know.
Seeker #1: Are you sure about that?
[Cut to outside the office. Prue is walking down the hallway. She hears a scream.]
[Cut back inside the office. Andrea falls to the floor.]
Seeker #1: What did she know?
Seeker #2: Nothing. She told me nothing.
Seeker #1: Which means he definitely knows something.
(Prue uses her power to knock the door down. The seekers fade away. Prue notices the black shadow. She tries to use her power on it but nothing happens. It changes into the Angel of Death.)
Angel of Death: I'm beyond your powers. It's time.
(Andrea's spirit comes out of her body.)
Prue: Who are you?
Angel of Death: I'm Death. And I'll be back.
(He and Andrea dark wisp away.)
[Scene: Mausoleum. Cole and Prue are there.]
Cole: I better get outta here.
Prue: What? Why?
Cole: Because it's getting too dangerous.
Prue: So you're just gonna disappear again?
Cole: If that's what it takes to keep you safe.
Prue: What about keeping me sane, Cole? I'm not gonna lose you again.
Cole: Those demons obviously know I'm alive or at least suspects it. Why else would they have killed my landlady and Davidson's partner? And if they killed them, they'll kill anyone they have to to get to me.
Prue: That is exactly why you can't leave. We have to stop them before they hurt anybody else. Or before they hurt you.
(Cole takes Prue's hands.)
Cole: They're after me, Prue. This is my battle. I'll handle it.
(He starts to walk away.)
Prue: Cole. (He stops and turns back around.) I love you, and if holding onto that means that I have to fight a couple of extra demons along the way, then bring 'em on.
(Cole smiles.)
Cole: Unfortunately, we have no idea what we're dealing with. Those two demons you described? I haven't the slightest idea who they are. There wasn't enough to go on.
Prue: So we'll figure it out. (They hug.) Together. It won't bring Mrs. Owens back, but trust me, avenging an innocent feels pretty damn good.
[Scene: Cole's old apartment. Cole, Prue, and Phoebe duck under some police tape across the door and walk in. Phoebe sees a blood stain on the carpet.]
Phoebe: Oh, god.
Prue: You okay?
(Cole shuts the door.)
Cole: Try not to touch anything. You don't wanna leave your fingerprints.
Phoebe: But if I want to get a premonition….
Cole: Use the back of your hand.
(Phoebe touches objects while Prue and Cole look around the apartment. Cole goes into the bedroom.)
Prue: Did you find something?
(Prue goes over to him.)
Cole: It's just this place. It's strange to be back here.
Prue: I know. It's strange for me to be back here too.
Cole: Here in this room, was the first taste I had of a normal life. There were mornings I'd wake up next to you and I didn't feel evil. I was just a guy in love with a beautiful girl. I wanted it so much, I started to believe that lie.
Prue: That's not a lie anymore. We can have that. We can have a life together.
Cole: How?
Prue: Well, by taking out the bad guys who wanna take it away from us.
(Phoebe touches something and has a premonition of the two demons killing Reese. Prue is standing nearby and turns away. The premonition ends.)
Prue: What did you see?
Phoebe: You, you turned your back. Why wouldn't you do anything to stop them?
Cole: Stop who?
Phoebe: Uh, uh, demons. They, uh, sort of had... vampire teeth and they were floating. They were killing Davidson.
Cole: I know them. They're Seekers. They have ways of gathering information fast. Really fast.
Prue: Do you know how to vanquish them?
Cole: No.
Prue: Well, let's hope the Book of Shadows does.
[Scene: Manor. Living room. Prue, Phoebe, and Cole are there. Prue is flipping through the Book of Shadows.]
Prue: Here it is. The Seekers. They gather information by feeding on their victims brain stem cells. Lovely.
Phoebe: So they're demonic lie detectors, only no one survives their tests.
Cole: Which means my landlady must have talked to Inspector Davidson about me, that's why they're after him.
Prue: It has a vanquish. Do you wanna see it?
(She goes to hand it to Cole but he jumps back.)
Cole: Oh, no no no. Last time I touched that book, it electrocuted me.
Prue: Yeah, well, maybe because your intentions were evil. Maybe it knows now that you're trying to be good.
Cole: Better safe than sorry. I still think that I should deal with this on my own.
(Cole stands up.)
Prue: No. (Prue stands up.) You can't. You said it yourself. You don't know how to vanquish them. And unfortunately the seekers aren't the only evil we're up against.
Phoebe: You mean the shadow?
Prue: Oh, yeah. Leo! Leo!
(Leo and Piper orb in. Leo is holding a crystal lamp.)
Phoebe: What's with the lamp?
Leo: A wedding present.
(Leo grins. Piper does not look impressed.)
Piper: Bright, isn't it?
Prue: Uh, yeah. Um, Leo, is there such a thing as death? Uh, I mean, the Angel of Death.
Leo: Yeah, sure. Why?
Prue: Because I met him.
Phoebe: Uh, what, are you kidding me?
Prue: Yeah, I told Cole already. That's how the shadow introduced himself to me when he took Davidson's partner. And he said that he would be back too. I'm assuming for Davidson.
Cole: I tried telling her that he's not working with the demons.
Leo: No, he can't be. The Angel of Death isn't evil.
Prue: The hell he isn't. And if I can see him, that must mean that I'm supposed to stop him.
Leo: Prue, you can't stop him. The Angel of Death always gets who he comes for.
Prue: Yeah, well, not this time. Alright, I need to get a hold of Davidson. If I can get him here, I can protect him better.
Piper: Hold it. Davidson? As in Reese Davidson, the D.A. investigator? He's the innocent?
Prue: Yeah, is that a problem?
Piper: One great big giant one. Prue, we can't protect him without telling him we're witches.
Prue: Yeah, I know that, Piper, but I don't care, okay. I-I cannot stand by and watch Death take that man.
Phoebe: But that's what you do. At least according to my premonition. You turn your back when the demons attack. I told you.
Prue: Yeah, but that doesn't make any sense.
Phoebe: I know, but that's what I saw.
Prue: Yeah, well, then you saw wrong. I'm not gonna let Death take any more of my innocents. I'm tired of losing people.
Cole: Excuse me.
(Cole walks out of the room and shimmers out.)
[Cut to Reese's office. Paramedics cover Andrea over. An inspector is talking to Reese.]
Reese: I thought I was protecting her.
Inspector: You alright, Inspector?
Reese: I should've warned her. I should've told her everything.
Inspector: What exactly should you have told her?
Reese: Look, all that matters is I'm gonna take down the guy who did this. No matter what. If it's the last thing I- (His pager beeps.) -do. I've gotta take this.
(Reese walks out of the room. The Seekers are standing nearby. Reese goes down the hallway and Cole stands in front of him.)
Cole: Forget about the Halliwells. It's me you're after. I'll tell you whatever you wanna know, I promise. Just not here. It's not safe. (Cole goes to touch his shoulder, but Reese pushes his hand away.)
Reese: Don't touch me! You're under arrest, Turner, and I will personally see to it that-
Cole: Wait.
(Cole listens.)
Reese: What do you mean, wait?
(Cole grabs Reese and they shimmer out. The two Seekers walk around the corner. They stop.)
Seeker #1: Did you sense that?
Seeker #2: Belthazor's alive.
[Cut to the mausoleum. Cole and Reese shimmer in.]
Cole: I'm sorry. It was our only chance. They might be able to track me, but they'll have a hard time sensing me in a cemetery.
Reese: How did we get…. What-What the hell's happening? What's happening to me?
Cole: Just... breathe. Try to calm down.
Reese: What are you?
Cole: Somebody who just saved your life. (Reese freaks out and backs away.) Try to calm down, Inspector. If I were a... murderer, I'd have killed you by now.
Reese: Just-just-just let me go then. I'll just walk away.
Cole: I can't do that. If the demons get to you, they'll find out the way to get to me is to kill Prue, and I can't let that happen.
Reese: When you say... 'demon'?
Cole: I don't mean as a metaphor.
[Cut to the manor. Leo places the lamp on a table. Phoebe is waiting near the phone.]
Phoebe: Okay. Davidson would answer our page. Something must have happened to him.
(Prue comes down the stairs.)
Prue: Cole's gone.
Leo: What do you mean, gone?
Prue: I mean, he's not here. I've looked everywhere. He must have gone after Davidson alone, to protect us.
Piper: Yeah, but if the Seekers get to him first….
Prue: We've gotta get Cole to bring him back here. The mausoleum. He could've taken him to the mausoleum. That's where Cole stays.
Piper: Is there any chance that's where you saw the Inspector die in your premonition?
Phoebe: Maybe. Let's go.
(They head towards the door.)
Prue: I could astral there faster.
Leo: What if the demons show up? You can't vanquish them. You'll need the power of three.
Prue: So then I won't vanquish them. I'll just protect Cole and Reese long enough to get them outta there.
Phoebe: Prue….
Prue: Phoebe, your premonition is not gonna come true. I told you, this is one fight Death is not gonna win.
[Cut to the mausoleum. Cole pushes Reese against the wall.]
Reese: Stay the hell away from me.
Cole: I told you, I'm not gonna hurt you.
(The Seekers fade in.)
Seeker #1: Belthazor, I assume.
Cole: I'm sorry, who?
Seeker #1: We sensed your shimmer. You're losing your touch.
Cole: Leave him out of this.
Seeker #1: Why would we want him, now that we have you?
Seeker #2: Unless the human knows something Belthazor doesn't want us to know.
(Prue astral projects in.)
Prue: Hi. Need a little help?
Cole: What are you doing here?
(Prue winks at him.)
Reece: How did you get here? What the hell's going on?
Seeker #1: Well, well, well. The mighty Belthazor, in bed with a witch.
(Reese tries to run away but Seeker #2 throws him against the wall. Cole tackles Seeker #1. Prue kicks Seeker #2 and he flies into a cement statue. Death dark wisps in beside Reece.) No.
(Seeker #1 holds Cole on the ground.)
Cole: Prue!
(Cole pushes Seeker #1 off and #2 jumps on him.)
Prue: (to Death) Come on and fight, you miserable coward.
(She kicks and punches him but goes straight through him. The Seekers hold down Cole. They show their fangs.)
Cole: Prue!
(Prue stops kicking and punching Death.)
Angel of Death: It's no use. It's his time.
Prue: Over my dead body.
(She continues to kick and punch him. Cole pushes off the seekers and looks over at Prue. He can't see Death. He throws energy balls at the Seekers but they fade away. Death dark wisps away.)
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[Scene: Manor. Living room. Leo places the lamp on a different table. Piper stands behind him.]
Piper: It's... just so bright.
Leo: Of course it's bright. It's supposed to represent the light of eternal love.
Piper: Wait, does that mean we can never turn if off?
Phoebe: At this rate you're gonna turn it off in record time.
Piper: I'm just saying, I don't think it belongs in the living room.
Leo: Or the parlor, the dining room, the foyer….
Piper: Pheebs?
Phoebe: Oh, do you think I'm stupid? I am staying out of this. Besides, I'm more concerned about-
(Cole and Prue walk in. Cole is carrying Reese.)
Phoebe: What happened? Is he okay?
Cole: The Seekers were at the Courthouse waiting for him.
Prue: And then they tracked Cole to the mausoleum.
Leo: Well, how do you know they didn't track you here?
Cole: They retreated first. They have to be close to a shimmer to track it. But the Seekers will be back and they'll be out for blood. The only thing they don't know is how to find us.
Piper: Cole, you were supposed to stick with us, remember?
Cole: I was trying to protect you. All of you.
Prue: By exposing yourself?
Cole: Better me than you.
Prue: You know, the one thing you failed to consider, Cole, is no matter how dangerous Davidson is to us, you are more dangerous. You're a part of our lives now. You know almost everything about us. If you had lost….
Cole: The Seekers could use what I know to destroy you.
Leo: I better check with the Elders. This is getting complicated.
(Reese starts to wake up and he sees Leo orb out. He freaks out.)
Prue: Uh, Inspector, you hit your head.
(He jumps up off the couch and pulls out his gun.)
Reese: I didn't hit it that hard. Whatever I just saw, it wasn't because I hit my head.
Prue: Alright, look. I know that this may seem hard to believe after everything that you've been through tonight, but we are on your side, okay. We're the good guys.
Reese: I don't know what you people are, but good isn't topping my list of ideas.
Cole: Be that as it may, we can't let you leave.
Prue: Cole.
Reese: Try and stop me.
Cole: Inspector, you're in a room with three witches and a demon, do you really think that gun's gonna help?
Prue: Look, I don't really know how to tell you this, but it's not just demons that are after you. The Angel of Death wants you too. Now please, please, if you stay here, we can protect you.
Reese: I'm not afraid of death. (Cole walks towards him.) You, on the other hand, are a different matter.
(Reese runs outside.)
Prue: Cole.
Cole: He's gonna expose you. He'll gather evidence and-
Piper: Cole, we don't kidnap cops and then hold them against their will.
Phoebe: But we do follow them, and protect them against their will. Come on.
Prue: (to Cole) Not you, you stay here.
Cole: So, what? I'm just-I'm just meant to wait here?
Piper: Yeah. No shimmering, and lock the door behind us. Prue?
Prue: You guys go ahead.
Phoebe: What about the demons?
Prue: Yeah, the demons are just pawns. I'm going over their heads.
(Piper and Phoebe leave.)
[Scene: Beach. Prue is there chanting.]
Prue: "Spirits of air, sand and sea/Converge to set the Angel free/In the wind I send this rhyme/ Bring Death before me, before my time." Come on, I know that you can hear me.
(The Angel of Death dark wisp in.)
Angel of Death: Are you sure you really want me?
Prue: Uh….
Angel of Death: Come on, I don't have all day. There are people waiting. I definitely don't have all day. So what is it? I took your husband and you want him back? Your brother? Your mother?
Prue: Don't talk about her, don't talk about my mother.
Angel of Death: That should've been an easy guess with those sad little girl eyes.
Prue: Alright. You want Reece Davidson, and it's my job to protect him. So what do you want from me? What do I have to do?
Angel of Death: That's not why you called me.
Prue: Yes, it is.
Angel of Death: No, that's an excuse. You're mad at me for taking mummy.
Prue: I told you not to talk about her.
Angel of Death: What were you? Ten? I'm just guessing now.
Prue: Just stop it!
Angel of Death: Younger, I bet. And now what? You think by saving this, which is it, Davidson, you think you'll have beaten me somehow. Somehow you'll have finally won.
Prue: Just go away.
Angel of Death: No. You wanted me, now you've got me. You're wasting precious time.
Prue: I'm sorry.
Angel of Death: It's not my time you're wasting, it's yours. You refuse to accept me for what I am which keeps you from mourning me.
Prue: You don't know me. You don't know anything about me.
Angel of Death: But I've seen it so many times before. The anger, the pain. You lock up your tears and angrily steel yourself against me as if I was the ultimate evil.
Prue: You are the ultimate evil.
Angel of Death: No. I'm not good or evil, I just am. I'm inevitable.
Prue: What do I have to do to save Davidson?
Angel of Death: Huh. You still don't get it, do you? There's nothing you can do.
Prue: I can't just let an innocent man die.
Angel of Death: You have to let him die. You have no choice. And until you learn to accept that, you'll just keep missing the bigger picture.
Prue: What bigger picture?
Angel of Death: I'll show you. Oh, don't worry. It's not your time. Well, not just yet anyway.
(The Angel of Death holds out his hand and Prue takes it. They dark wisp away.)
[Scene: Cemetery. People are there attending Andrea's funeral.]
[Cut to Piper's car, which is parked nearby. Phoebe's on her cell phone.]
Phoebe: Prue left right after we did. And she hasn't been back there?
Cole: (on phone) No one's been here. I'm going out of my mind.
Phoebe: Yeah, try sitting in a car for sixteen hours.
Cole: No sign of the demons?
Phoebe: No, not yet. But Davidson lead us to a, uh….
Cole: To a what?
Phoebe: Never mind. Uh, if Prue comes back, tell her to call us. (She hangs up.) Okay, so now what?
Piper: Well, we can't crash the funeral. I guess we just watch from here.
Phoebe: I don't understand. You tell a guy that Death is after him and he goes to a cemetery. How smart is that?
[Cut back to the funeral. The Seekers walk over to Reece.]
Reece: You want me? Fine. But these people have been through enough.
(Reece walks away and the Seekers follow.)
[Cut to the car.]
Piper: Phoebe. (They get out of the car. The Seekers follow Reece into a church. Seeker #2 closes the door and puts a bar in the handles. Phoebe and Piper arrive outside. Reece gets out his gun and shoots at the demons.)
Phoebe: Reece, get out of there!
Piper: Run!
(Seeker #2 floats behind Reece.)
Seeker #1: You've been so brave, Inspector. Don't ruin it now. Where's Belthazor?
Reece: Belthazor?
(Prue and the Angel of Death dark wisp in. Seeker #2 bites Reece's neck. Prue gasps and looks away.)
Prue: Oh my god.
Angel of Death: It's his time. Just like it was your mother's time.
Phoebe: Prue?!
Piper: Prue, open the gate!
Death: Stop fighting me.
(The Seekers fade away. The Angel of Death walks over to Reece and his spirit rises from his body. He and the Angel of Death dark wisp away.)
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[Scene: Church. Continued from before. Phoebe and Piper get inside.]
Piper: Prue.
Phoebe: Are you okay?
Prue: I don't know.
Phoebe: Did the demons do something to you?
Prue: No.
Piper: How did you even get in here?
Prue: Uh, Death brought me.
Phoebe: I'm sorry?
Prue: You know, I-I don't completely understand it myself.
Piper: Prue, how could you just stand there and let him die?
Prue: Because it was his time, alright. I wanted to save him, but I couldn't.
Piper: You didn't even try.
Prue: I'm sorry. (Prue kneels down beside Reece and cries.) I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
[Scene: Manor. The phone rings. Cole walks into the foyer to answer it. Seeker #1 fades in in front of him.]
Cole: Ever hear of a doorbell?
Seeker #1: I thought we'd surprise you.
(Seeker #2 jumps on top of Cole. The answering machine picks up.)
[Cut to the car.]
Prue: (on phone) Cole, if you're there, pick up the phone. Actually, don't pick up the phone, just get out of the manor. (to Piper and Phoebe) Should I astral there?
Piper: I think we should stick together.
Prue: Faster.
(Piper goes faster and almost crashes into a car.)
[Cut back to the manor. Cole hits Seeker #2 with a lamp and he falls into a table. Seeker #1 jumps on Cole and tries to bite him. Cole pushes him off and throws two energy balls at him. He dodges both. Seeker #2 jumps on Cole and they crash into the furniture. Cole is knocked unconscious.)
Seeker #1: Now. Let's see what you don't want us to know.
(Prue, Piper, and Phoebe walk in. Prue uses her power on the Seekers before going over to Seeker #2. Phoebe hits Seeker #1 in the face and Prue kicks Seeker #2 in the stomach. Piper helps Cole up.)
Piper: Okay, come on, come on.
(Prue continues to kick Seeker #2.)
Cole: Prue. (She spins around.) Don't.
(Prue joins Piper and Phoebe and they recite a spell.)
Prue/Piper/Phoebe: "Knowledge gained by murderous means is wisdom's bitter enemy. The mind that burns with stolen fire, will now become your funeral pyre."
(Smoke rises from the Seekers and they are engulfed in flames. They disappear. Prue goes over to Cole and they kiss.)
Prue: Well, at least we saved one. And no one's more important.
(Leo orbs in.)
Piper: Wow, nice timing. You missed the show.
Leo: I know, but they told me to miss it. (to Prue) You okay?
Prue: Yeah.
Piper: What do you mean they told you to miss it? The Elders were behind this whole thing?
Leo: No, but they knew they had to let Prue learn a lesson by herself. The hard way.
Cole: What lesson?
Prue: That Death is not the evil.
Phoebe: You okay?
Prue: Yeah.
(Prue leaves the room with Cole.)
Leo: She just needs some time.
Piper: And we need a maid. (Phoebe leaves the room.) You know, I was thinking. This lamp is not worth fighting over, so if you love it, then I love it.
Leo: Yeah?
Piper: Yeah. I mean, uh, life's too short. (They kiss. Leo knocks the table the lamp was on and it smashes on the floor.) Ooh! Wow. Now I love it even more.
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[Scene: Beach. Prue is sitting on some rocks looking out at the water. The Angel of Death dark wisps in.]
Angel of Death: You contemplating the tides? Can't control them anymore than me.
Prue: Okay, I get that you're not evil, but what I don't get is why I wasn't supposed to fight the demons.
Angel of Death: Well, you were alone and outnumbered.
Prue: I still could've fought.
Angel of Death: But you would've lost, Prue.
Prue: How did you know my name?
Angel of Death: I read it, off of my list. It was the next one after Reece Davidson.
Prue: You were coming for me.
Angel of Death: If you hadn't've stopped fighting me, yes. That's why you were able to see me. It's the bigger picture, Prue. Focusing all your anger against me leaves you vulnerable to the real evils of the world. You'd do well to remember that in the future. What?
Prue: I don't know, you know. I've been... mad at you for so long, ever since mom died. I don't know how else to be.
Angel of Death: You grieve, and then you move on.
(The Angel of Death dark wisps away. Prue sits there and cries.)